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' BROWN RAILWAY RAIL AND CHAIR. 7 No. 245,128.

UNITED I STATES FRED. H. BROWN, or roar WORTH,

TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DE .WITTCQBENDERY, OF SAME PLACE.

RAI LWAY-RAlL-A'ND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION'forming part of -Letters Patent No. 245,128, dated August2, 1881.

I i Application filed May 31,1881. (No nodeL) To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known thatE'I FREa-H. BROWN, of Fort Worth, inthe countyofTa-rrant and State of Texas, have invented certain 'new and usefnlImprovements in Railway-Rails; and I do hereby declare thatthefollowingis a full, clear,= and exact descriptiomof the invention,which] will enable others skilled injthe arttoivhich;

it appertains to make and use the same", rel'er ence being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of one end of a rail with itschair embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section ofthe same; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the intermediatechairs which support the rail between the ends or end chairs.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention contemplates an improvement in reversible railway rails andchairs, or sup-' ports forthe. same, as hereinafter more fully setforth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the rail, which is composed of acentral flattened web or body, a, with straight parallel sides, and twoflanges, b I), made with roundedheads," and sharp shoulders, I), ontheir under side,

which form right angles with thesides of the. web or body a, along themiddle line of which, is a series ofoblong bolt-holes, c. These railsaresecured upon the ties by means of chairs, each of which is composed oftwo plates, B B,

which are bolted to opposite. sides of the web.

' a by bolts 0, inserted through the bolt-holes c. The plates arefastened to the ties by spikes D inserted throughthe lateral wings orbot-' tom flanges, d d, and are made with recesses e e, forming a sharpupper or inner corneiyf,

and rounded down tof-theprojecting lip g at the;

lower inner end of the plate, which is flush with or forms acontinuation of the flange d. The curvature of the inner wall-of therecess 0 is upon a longer radi'usthan that of the rounded head or threadb, so that an open space, h, of a crescent shape will be left betweenthe bottom head, b, and inwardly-projectinglips g g.

When the rail is placed in the chair and per squared shoulders, b b,upon the squared bolted to the plates B B it will rest with its uptopflangesyi t, of the chair-plates, between which an elastic packing, k,of rubber, leather, or other suitable material, may be placed to form anelastic tread and deaden' the noise of passing-trains, especially wherethe track is laid in the streets or suburbs of towns or cities.iByreference to Fig. 2 it will also be seen that the rail is huggedclosely by the plates, except 6o under the. lowermost part, b, where theopen space'h may'be utilized for the passage of insulated telegraph ortelephone wires laid along the track, which will be protected for theirentire length by the rails A above. This space also provides for theyielding of the rail where the elastic packing 7c is used.

The chairs which support the length of rail between its ends are onlyhalf the length ot'the endchairs,oneintermediatechair being spiked toeach tie, While the end chairs span and are spiked to two successiveties. Otherwise their construction is substantially the same. The pairof plates B B of each chair are also exactly alike, and may be cast inthe same mold.

It is obvious that to reverse the rails after the bolts 0 have beenwithdrawn, only the plates B on one side of the line of rails need beremoved, leaving the series of plates on the opposite side remain boltedto the ties. After ,the'rail has been reversed the plates are replaced,bolted, and spiked in their former position.

I am well aware that it is not new to clamp railway-rails, reversible orotherwise, in chairs 8 5 composed of plates arranged opposite to oneanother, and recessed to conform to the shape of that partof the railorrails which is clamped between them; hence I do not claim suchconstruction broadly; but 0 WhatI claim as my improvement, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is- I The combination ofthe reversible rail A and chair-plates B B, constructed and arranged as5 described, so as to leave an open crescentshaped space, h, below themiddle part of the rail and above the inwardly-projecting lips g g, asshown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim'the foregoing as I00 my own I have hereuntoaffixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses. 1

. FRED. H. BROWN. Witnesses:

ZANE CETTO, Tnos. N. BUCHANAN.

